Sunday, March 22, 2009

The coughs

Everyone in my family is coughing. No, coughing is too nice a word. Hacking. Yeah, it's more like hacking, I'd say. Miserable miserable hacking. For the past 4 days I've been coughing so much my abs ache. My back aches too. Hell, my whole body aches.

For the boys it seems the simple solution is a spoonful of honey. Really, it helps quiet their coughs. It works so well they have started calling it "Helping Honey." Cute, I have my own little future marketing executives.

So today I'm feeling kind of desperate. I cannot quit coughing. If this keeps up I'll probably re-enter that "when I cough, I pee my pants a little bit" stage that new moms have right after giving birth. Well, if by right after you mean for months even a year after...but I digress. I was desperate. I decided to give it a try. I big spoon of honey to kick the cough down a notch.

Guess what, it works. Granted I find "Helping Honey" a lot more helpful if I stir it into a cup of boiling water with a big squeeze of lemon and some cloves. Oh yeah, and a couple of shots of whiskey. Yep, that helps mommy in more ways than I can count. Come on, it's for medicinal purposes. slurp.

In April of 2005, my husband and I packed up our two dogs and toddler and moved to Seattle from the San Francisco Bay area. Shortly after our move, I became pregnant with our second child. As exciting as this was, it definitely put a cramp in my ability to explore our new home town. I'm still working hard at adjusting to the new digs.
As a working mom to two small boys, I manage to keep pretty busy. Between business meetings, play dates and pediatrician appointments, there isn't much time left for personal pursuits. But that is a trade off I am willing to make. I'll find time for myself when the boys are old enough to borrow the car, right?
And as though that isn't enough, when we moved we bought our first house, a major fixer upper. Yeah, we wanted the "this Old House" experience, but little did I realize that it would lead to such great experiences, like the sudden loss of running water from a broken water main, or a leaky sewer pipe that kept the toilet off limits for days.
All I can say is that life sure is interesting!